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Diann Smith said an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling to uphold the state’s unclaimed property act was not "terribly surprising given that the plaintiff received his property and there was not a change in the value of his property between when it was deemed abandoned and its return to him," but added that the Court’s rejection of a state obligation to pay owners of abandoned property “is certainly a surprise to owners whose property is taken into 'custody' by the state.”